Our selection of some of the best news photographs taken around the world during the past 24 hours.

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Pro-democracy protesters gather as riot police attempt to clear a demonstration site in Hong Kong. The protesters want the people of Hong Kong to be allowed to choose their leaders in the 2017 elections, without interference from Beijing.

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Uruguay's leftist candidate Tabare Vazquez has easily beaten rival Luis Lacalle Pou in a presidential run-off. Mr Vazquez, 74, is a cancer doctor who served as president from 2005-10. "I want to be able to count on all Uruguayans, but not so that they follow me but so that they guide me, accompany me," he said.

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On World Aids Day a terminally ill patient is seen at the Buddhist temple Wat Prabat Nampu in Lopburi province, north of Bangkok. The virus that causes Aids - HIV - was first identified by scientists more than 30 years ago.

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An image of 18-year-old Michael Brown is seen on the tie of his father, Michael Brown Sr, as he attends Sunday service under a makeshift tent next to the destroyed Flood Christian Church in Ferguson, Missouri. A jury's ruling not to charge a police officer for killing Mr Brown sparked violence in Missouri's St Louis suburb, and protests across the US.

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London Mayor Boris Johnson meets commuters on the LRT train as he travels through Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. During his visit, he said he would consider plans to introduce car-free Sundays to parts of central London.